Do we trust Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock? -- Be careful...

If they show up on TV, they cannot be trusted. Wag the Dog.

I just watched a Bombard Body Language video and she thinks he's honest. And yes, watching his body language on the particular piece she's analyzing, he does look to be in this instance, but I watched another clip last night where I didn't trust him for some reason.

Here's the Bombard body language analysis on Byrne: [link to bombardsbodylanguage.com (secure)]

So, I just went to check out his "Deep Capture" [link to deepcapture.com] website, which he mentioned in the clip that Bombard analyzed but his site was down. So I searched DDG and found this article about a libel suit against him in 2016 where he was found guilty and the other party awarded 1.2 million pounds.

So, overall I would say, listen, be careful trusting this guy. Besides using his site to smear Trump, he got busted lying/libeling and had to pay some buckaroos for it.

From the Gary Weiss blog:

"In a scathing decision released on May 6, a Vancouver court found Byrne and his "Deep Capture" fake news venture had fabricated lurid accusations of criminal conduct against a Vancouver businessman named Aly Nazerali. The damage award consists mainly of punitive and aggravated damages, and the judge found that the conduct of Byrne and his minions was so egregious that he slapped a permanent injunction on the defendants.

Judd Bagley after his forgery arrest (photo)

"I've written about Byrne quite a bit in the past because he was the very worst of Corporate America, from his bizarre stock-market conspiracy theories to his well-documented accounting games, which he countered by vicious personal attacks on critics and the media. He is a kind of small-bore Donald Trump, a "born on third base who thinks he hit a triple" kind of guy. Byrne lies so frequently and with such gusto that it's hard to say if he can distinguish fact from fiction. He is on indefinite leave from Overstock because of a Hepatitis C infection, a disease ordinarily caused by intravenous drug use—or, if you believe him, a wound sewn up by "barefoot doctor in China."

"Byrne's main vehicle to attack his critics was "Deep Capture," a fake news website created by his public relations director, a convicted forger and drug addict named Judd Bagley. Joining Bagley was the right-wing conspiracy theorist Mark Mitchell, who was fired several years ago from Columbia Journalism Review. (Bagley went back on the Overstock payroll before the Nazerali articles were published. He was dismissed from the case, as was Overstock itself.)

"Mitchell wrote the Nazerali articles and was the main architect of this fiasco. His strange behavior—more like a television detective than a journalist—was lambasted in the decision.

"The 102-page judgment, which I've embedded at the bottom of this blog item, is worth reading for anyone who has followed the erratic career of this CEO, who lately has reinvented himself as a Bitcoin advocate. Long before this suit was filed, Byrne was noted for his rich fantasy life. Once he recounted how a gangster straight out of a film noir once sat down next to him at a bar and made threats out of the side of his mouth. He fancied himself "Wall Street's worst enemy," and he expended considerable effort finding journalists dumb enough to believe him (his only success outside Utah was Cade Metz of Wired).

"Byrne also has political ambitions, once financed a failed school-choice initiative in Utah, is a major GOP donor and is almost single-handedly financing the Utah governor campaign of former Overstock chairman Jonathan Johnson. The latter has repaid the favor by calling the Nazerali suit "spurious."

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"In justifying the award of punitive damages, the judge pointed to the extreme malice shown by Byrne and Mitchell, "the overt animosity, even hatred of the plaintiff, expressed by Mr. Byrne," their "reckless indifference for the truth," their "reckless disregard for the reputation of non-parties." The decision singles out Mitchell's creepy attempt to blackmail Nazerali, contained in an email published in the decision."

Read much more here: [link to garyweiss.blogspot.com (secure)]

It's more fake news, attempting to cloud the facts that hitlery, obozo, and their minions need to be in prison.

I just watched a Bombard Body Language video and she thinks he's honest. And yes, watching his body language on the particular piece she's analyzing, he does look to be in this instance, but I watched another clip last night where I didn't trust him for some reason.

Here's the Bombard body language analysis on Byrne: [link to bombardsbodylanguage.com (secure)]

So, I just went to check out his "Deep Capture" [link to deepcapture.com] website, which he mentioned in the clip that Bombard analyzed but his site was down. So I searched DDG and found this article about a libel suit against him in 2016 where he was found guilty and the other party awarded 1.2 million pounds.

So, overall I would say, listen, be careful trusting this guy. Besides using his site to smear Trump, he got busted lying/libeling and had to pay some buckaroos for it.

From the Gary Weiss blog:

"In a scathing decision released on May 6, a Vancouver court found Byrne and his "Deep Capture" fake news venture had fabricated lurid accusations of criminal conduct against a Vancouver businessman named Aly Nazerali. The damage award consists mainly of punitive and aggravated damages, and the judge found that the conduct of Byrne and his minions was so egregious that he slapped a permanent injunction on the defendants.

Judd Bagley after his forgery arrest (photo)

"Byrne's main vehicle to attack his critics was "Deep Capture," a fake news website created by his public relations director, a convicted forger and drug addict named Judd Bagley. Joining Bagley was the right-wing conspiracy theorist Mark Mitchell, who was fired several years ago from Columbia Journalism Review. (Bagley went back on the Overstock payroll before the Nazerali articles were published. He was dismissed from the case, as was Overstock itself.)

"Mitchell wrote the Nazerali articles and was the main architect of this fiasco. His strange behavior—more like a television detective than a journalist—was lambasted in the decision.

"The 102-page judgment, which I've embedded at the bottom of this blog item, is worth reading for anyone who has followed the erratic career of this CEO, who lately has reinvented himself as a Bitcoin advocate. Long before this suit was filed, Byrne was noted for his rich fantasy life. Once he recounted how a gangster straight out of a film noir once sat down next to him at a bar and made threats out of the side of his mouth. He fancied himself "Wall Street's worst enemy," and he expended considerable effort finding journalists dumb enough to believe him (his only success outside Utah was Cade Metz of Wired).

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"In justifying the award of punitive damages, the judge pointed to the extreme malice shown by Byrne and Mitchell, "the overt animosity, even hatred of the plaintiff, expressed by Mr. Byrne," their "reckless indifference for the truth," their "reckless disregard for the reputation of non-parties." The decision singles out Mitchell's creepy attempt to blackmail Nazerali, contained in an email published in the decision."

Read much more here: [link to garyweiss.blogspot.com (secure)]

He's lying. It's all part of the playnook. Subvert, lie, cheat. Get caught? Subvert, lie, cheat. It all serves to sow chaos in the west, which is Putin's goal.

Only ever trust a jevv to be a jevv.

For only a few replies, there are some outrageous statements here with zero evidence to back it up.

The guy straight up said Barr is a nuclear icebreaker about to ram the DS midship. He is coming forward, immediately, at once, not dripping this shit out.. at a time when people like this are being suicided and you think he’s lying because he said Hillary Clinton was also targeted? This is a prohibitively narrow view to approach with.

Everyone in the us government thought that HRC would be elected... as a result, there were interests attempting to gain leverage on her, the person they expected to become the president.. just like every other presidential election. But according to most of the replies here, that simply disqualifies Byrne and means he’s disinformation. What a crock.

Most of the assessments on this thread make absolutely no sense. There is no evidence to suggest Byrne is lying.

Stop confusing yourself and spreading nonsense.

the part where he portrays hitlery as a victim makes his entire testimony suspect. I believe Trump was being targeted and Oshitbag being the traitorous godless soulless piece of rat scum he is, did try to take out Trump.

HE COULD BE TRYING TO PLAY..DELIBERATE CRAZY...!

LARRY NICHOLS SAID THAT DNC FUCKS WOULD DRESS UP AND ACT LIKE BAD TRUMP SUPPORTERS...

Yeah, and Warren Buffett told him to do it! He's hard core Hillary/open borders. The guy is a total leftist. Now he's coming out with "Hillary was targeted, too."

Be careful the obvious narrative change being introduced here. It hasn't been suggested until now, to my knowledge, that Strzok and others targeted Hillary also. Maybe trying to paint her as a victim also to spin the whole thing as a "non-partisan" black op that targeted Hillary, too.

This whole thing stinks. Need to really pay attention here.

Also, I was feeling like he might be setting himself up for an eventual political run and the article mentions he had political ambitions.

"Byrne had said in an August 12 press release that he helped the FBI's "'Clinton Investigation' and the 'Russian Investigation'" — "operating under the belief that I was helping legitimate law enforcement efforts." He also claimed he "put the pieces" together in mid-2018 and realized the investigations amounted to "political espionage" against the 2016 US presidential candidates. Byrne said he decided to speak to journalists about his involvement this summer after discussing it with his RABBI."

[link to www.cnn.com (secure)]

Yeah, I wouldn't disqualify him or anything he's saying just yet, but one needs to be careful, stay alert, and use discernment, because something doesn't feel right here, Warren Buffett told him to come forward, and he appears to have a history of being a proven liar (guilty of libel).

ANY guy that says he has a rabbi cannot be trusted.

He is declaring his allegiance with malignant theocracy which approves and encouragss infiltration and takeovers of others.

The allegiance to an invasive theocratic pseudoracial entitlement state is a dangerous thing to those that are not included in it.

Agreed, as with all things politics—but it is key not to become part of the noise, especially as things come to a simmer. Byrne’s take provides a new look into the behind the scenes of the politicking/operations of the actual FBI moves and decisions.. even the orders given to him. This is info the Feds never would have expected to go public and puts people back on the ropes... depending on what was ordered and what he tells Barr’s team, this could be devastating. The sudden, intense media tour I think is positive also. This guy made a sudden, intentional decision to make his move now.
Byrne also makes a strong case that COMEY and others have substantial reason to fear him, obviously based on his own recent admissions. Looking forward to pants filling all over DC.

Is buffet also a mormon? Was thinking that mitt came out against the President the other day, saw a blurb on twitter and now byrne comes out with this.

Byrne used to have a treatise on the overstock website. Not sure if it's still there. It was about the government and his interactions with them and it was not good. Not sure if its still there because overstock, like walmart two years ago, suddenly became more expensive than they were, with fewer coupons so stopped going there.

Makes you wonder, if he's been so against government, why he would suddenly do this and come out and talk about it. Could it be that he thinks talking about it will keep him safe? Just like it seems some think running for president will keep them safe?

His treatise on the overstock website always reminded me of kimgotcom's treatise on his twitter feed.

FYI: I edited the OP because it was very long.

That said, I don't agree with everything in the article, but the gist is, a judge found him guilty of libel, so be careful of taking what he says at face value.

The fact that his buddy Warren Buffett told him to step down from Overstock and to step forward and say something raises alarm bells in me. Buffett has been very pro-Hillary.

Yeah, and Warren Buffett told him to do it! He's hard core Hillary/open borders. The guy is a total leftist. Now he's coming out with "Hillary was targeted, too."

Be careful the obvious narrative change being introduced here. It hasn't been suggested until now, to my knowledge, that Strzok and others targeted Hillary also. Maybe trying to paint her as a victim also to spin the whole thing as a "non-partisan" black op that targeted Hillary, too.

This whole thing stinks. Need to really pay attention here.